It is the autumn of 1942, somewhere in the Western Desert of North Africa, and a German supply column is moving with quiet confidence along what its maps confirm is the correct route towards the front line near El Alamein. The column, 12 lorries carrying fuel, ammunition, and water, has been traveling for 6 hours….
On the morning of the 23rd of October 1942, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was convalescing at a clinic in Semmering, Austria. His stomach was giving him trouble, his liver was inflamed, and his doctors had ordered complete rest. He had left Africa believing he could afford to. His intelligence assessments told him the British 8th…
The heavy wooden doors of the American command post in Reims didn’t just open, they groaned under the weight of a dying empire. It was May 1945. Outside Europe was a graveyard of broken dreams, twisted steel, and the suffocating stench of ash. But inside this room, a different kind of execution was taking place,…
On January 29th, 1945, at 09:15 in the morning, a 5 foot5 shipping clerk from Pennsylvania walked around a stone farmhouse in Holzheim, Belgium, and found himself surrounded by 80 Germans who were supposed to be his prisoners. His name was Leonard Funk, 140 lb. He had already earned a Silver Star and a Distinguished…
[STIRRING MUSIC] USA Warrior Stories is a not-for-profit organization designed to record, archive, and share videos of veterans stories to help veterans make a connection with one another and to help us all better understand their sacrifices for our freedoms. As I tell my kids, it takes a special kind of dumbass to flunk out…
USA [music] Warrior Stories is a not-for-profit organization designed to record, archive, and share videos of veterans’ stories to help [music] veterans make a connection with one another and to help us all better understand their sacrifices for our freedoms. [music] >> [music] >> My name is Scott Cates. Um I grew up in Key…
The night of 9 July 1943, Italy. Allied forces land in Sicily, opening a new front in Europe and bringing the war directly to Italian soil. Within weeks, the Fascist regime begins to collapse. Benito Mussolini, who has ruled Italy for more than 20 years, is removed from power by order of King Victor Emmanuel…
What happens when someone publicly humiliates the King of Pop in front of 60,000 screaming fans? In 1988, during the height of Michael Jackson’s Bad World Tour, a shocking moment occurred that nobody saw coming. A prominent TV host made a cruel comment about Michael’s appearance during a live broadcast, thinking she had the upper…
There was always something emotionally delicate about Michael Jackson, even at the height of his fame. When he was arguably the biggest entertainer on earth, he often didn’t come across as emotionally untouchable. He came across as vulnerable, sensitive, anxious, almost fragile at times. And the older Michael became, the more visible that emotional fragility…
When most celebrities die, their legacy becomes history. The story is mostly written, the public moves on, and eventually people settle on one version of who that person was. But with Michael Jackson, that never happened. [music] Even years after his death, people are still fighting over his image, his reputation, and the meaning of…
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